Danny stopped in front of the guardians and took a deep breath.
"So, what now? Pitch won't be causing trouble anymore and I have a lot of work ahead of me," Danny asked. The guardians stared at him. Danny frowned at them.
"What?" he inquired with annoyance.
"What did you do to Pitch?" Tooth whispered. Danny smiled kindly.
"I helped him. He was consumed by his own fear. Apparently he was created when he was corrupted by creatures of fear. So, I gave him enough time and space to face his fear and get back his freedom. Not sure if it's my place to say exactly what happened back there but he's not a threat anymore," Danny answered.
"So, that's it? Crisis over?" Jack replied after a brief silence, stepping away from Tooth having recovered from the battle before. Danny shrugged.
"Guess so. Took a bit of figuring out and… honestly if it hadn't been for you Jack, I'd probably still be on that mountain. So thanks," Danny retorted with a smile. Jack grinned and glanced at Bunny smugly.
"See, way better than a sack," Jack bragged. Bunny rolled his eyes.
"And you're still a show pony," Bunny grumbled.
Suddenly Jack was hit by a snow ball, startling everyone. Jack blinked in shock and turned to the direction of the snow ball. Danny waved at him with a playful smirk.
"I told you I'd get you back," Danny reminded him. Jack laughed and formed his own snow ball.
"Oh, you do not want to start a snow ball fight with me," Jack retorted with a mischievous grin. Danny raised an eyebrow and walked closer to Jamie.
"You have to catch me first Frost," Danny challenged over his shoulder. Jack's eyes lit up with excitement.
Danny turned to Sam and Tucker.
"Take care of her, alright. I'll be back tomorrow to explain things, but Pitch will need my help to round up all these nightmare creatures or whatever they are. Besides, Jamie needs to get home," Danny announced nodding to Danielle and turning to Jamie. Jamie blinked in surprise. Danny gave him an encouraging smile and held out a hand to the boy.
"I'll teleport you home," Danny offered.
"You can't teleport," Tucker interjected. Danny looked at Tucker.
"I can now. Figured it out after I died. Comes in handy. But fair warning Jamie, you'll feel really dizzy when we arrive," Danny replied. Jamie nervously took Danny's hand and they both vanished in a puff of green smoke. Sam and Tucker gasped.
The guardians hovered uncertainly near the twenty year olds and the unconscious halfa. They wanted to help but they couldn't be seen. Tucker managed to scoop Danielle into his arms once they got over their shock. Sam nervously cleared her throat.
"Don't know if you guys are still there, but thanks for everything you did to help Danny. Wish we could see you, but with us… seeing is believing I guess," Sam awkwardly called into night. Sam and Tucker then began to walk away. The guardians turned to Jack and he gave an exaggerated sigh.
"Fine, I'll work my magic," he grumbled, secretly eager to gain two or three more believers. He ran after Sam and Tucker, Tucker still carrying Danielle.
Sam frowned and glanced around her as she noticed a small snow flurry surrounding her and Tucker.
"I wonder if that's Danny," she muttered. Tucker shook his head.
"Can't be, he said he'd be back tomorrow. And Danny's never early for anything," Tucker replied. Jack huffed in annoyance.
"Kids are so much easier," Jack mumbled. Jack then smirked as he froze the ground in front of the ghost hunters. Sam and Tucker came to an abrupt halt.
"Danny wouldn't do that," Sam whispered with a suspicious eyebrow raised. Tucker nodded. They gasped as frost appeared across the icy patch. Sam and Tucker glanced at each other.
"Frost… you don't think… Jack Frost," they realised in unison. Then they turned to the sound of laughter and gasped as a teenaged boy with dark blue eyes, white hair and a large light blue hoodie appeared in front of them leaning lazily on a wooden staff.
"Hey, nice to be believed in," he commented with a smirk.
Tucker gave a nervous laugh.
"Just when you think you've seen everything," he muttered. Sam smiled at Jack.
"So, you've been following Jamie around all evening I guess," she assumed. Jack shrugged.
"Most of it. Not all. Like I couldn't get into that cafeteria and I kept my distance when he spoke with you two so he didn't look crazy," Jack confessed. Sam and Tucker nodded.
"That doesn't sound good I know, but we were only trying to help," Jack began. Sam held up a hand.
"Jack, we've been ghost hunting for six years. Invisibility isn't that new to us. I guess your method is a variation. So are the other guardians still around?" Sam inquired. Jack nodded.
"My powers leave the biggest impression but they're all here. But you can't see them unless you believe," Jack informed them. Sam glanced at Tucker.
"Sorry, Jack. We believe in ghosts but for us… the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny… bit much," Sam admitted. Jack nodded in understanding.
"It's to be expected. You're adults and adults have a hard time believing in us. But at least you can see me. They're usually too busy to come out of their homes or realms. But I hang out wherever there's snow," Jack replied calmly.
Jack looked over to North as he cleared his throat loudly.
"Jack, I need to get back to the Pole. Those elves need to be watched," North informed him. Jack nodded.
"I understand North. Tooth, Sandy, guess you guys need to get back to work too huh?" Jack retorted. Tooth and Sandy nodded as they rose into the air. Sam and Tucker excused themselves to get Danielle seen to and to tell as many houses as possible that the problem had been resolved. Before long it was just Jack and Bunny left outside the hospital.
"So… um, you want a snow ball fight?" Jack asked awkwardly. Bunny scowled at him.
"No, I'm going to search for hiding places for my eggs in spring. And I mean it Frost, don't mess with Easter next year. Those blizzards aren't funny," Bunny decided, pointing a boomerang threateningly at Jack before tapping the ground with his foot.
"That's because you have no sense of humour. Besides, won't you forget all those hiding places by Easter?" Jack pointed out. Bunny snorted.
"Probably but if I look now it'll give me ideas. Besides gets me away from you," Bunny chuckled and dropped into his tunnel as it closed behind him. Jack sighed bored already and glanced around him. He looked up.
"What about you Manny? Snow ball fight?" Jack requested but the moon was silent. Jack shrugged.
"Didn't think so. Wind! Take me somewhere fun!" Jack commanded and a chilling wind swept him up into the air and threw him through the air to somewhere cold, snowy and potentially fun.
So, yeah… everything's back to normal for the guardians.
Until the next chapter.